PREMIER Elijah Asilaua spent his first day in office on Wednesday this week, attending to what you might call first things first as he scans the horizon for future opportunities. Before his 17-member Ministerial line up was sworn in on Wednesday morning this week, Japan became the first donor partner to knock on his door…
Win Win Investment Solomon Islands Ltd has paused its alluvial mining operations at Turarana, Central Guadalcanal, for a month. This follows the Ministry of Mines, Energy, and Rural Electrification’s (MMERE) indefinite suspension of Win Win’s operations due to alleged illegal mining activities within a tenement area allocated to Gold Ridge Mining Ltd (GRML) under prospecting…
SOLOMON Islands joined the world to celebrate the International Nurses Day on Monday. The International Nurse’s Day is celebrated on 12 May annually to commemorate the birthday of the founding mother of nursing Florence Nightingale who was born in 1820. The theme for this year’s International Nurse’s Day is, “Our Nurses Our Future the Economic…
SOLOMON Islands and Papua New Guinea discussed a number of security arrangements last weekend. The discussions were held between Prime Minister Jeremiah Manele, Minister of the Ministry of Police, National Security and Correctional Services (MPNSCS), Jimson Tanangada and MPNSCS Permanent Secretary Karen Galokale, Commissioner of Police Mostyn Mangau and PNG’s Minister for Police, Peter Tsiamilili…
NZ’s Peters-led high-level political delegation meets, congratulates PM Manele, reassures SI of NZ’s commitment to build on the longstanding NZ-SI relations and to continue assistance towards SI’s economic reform efforts THE New Zealand Deputy Prime Minister and Foreign Minister Winston Peters has reaffirmed New Zealand’s commitment to build on the longstanding New Zealand-Solomon Islands relationship…
Australia is helping create jobs for Solomon Islanders through skills and training, with seventeen young Solomon Islander women recently receiving their Australian accredited Working in Aged Care Preparation Skill Set qualifications. Graduates with this qualification can pursue health sector employment opportunities in Solomon Islands, or in Australia under the Pacific Australia Labour Mobility (PALM) scheme.…
THE 12th Parliament will be convened for its members to take their oaths of office and allegiance and thereafter, elect a new Speaker and Deputy Speaker. This was announced by Prime Minister Jeremiah Manele at his first press conference last Friday. “The next business to attend to is the Parliament Meeting where all Members of…
PM Manele applies diplomatic skills to defuse instability threat over DPM post, announces first two political appointments, while DPM Tovosia downplays weekend report that he faces official corruption charges PRIME MINISTER Jeremiah Manele has reportedly defused an internal row which could have torn apart his newly-formed government of National Unity and Transformation Coalition (GNUT) only…
CHINESE Premier Li Qiang has described China and Solomon Islands as comprehensive strategic partners based on mutual respect and a common development agenda for a new era. Premier Li uttered this when congratulating the MP for Kia-Hograno-Havulei following his election as Prime Minister on May 2. He said since the establishment of diplomatic relations almost…
SOUTH Pacific Nickel Mining Company Ltd is proceeding to do prospecting on Tenement D in Bugotu, Isabel Province. This comes after the company, owned by Filipino logger Johnny Sy, who also serves as the Director of Bulacan Logging Company, completed their initial consultation with the landowners last week. A company representative stated that the consultation…